Use of compact flash

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Wed Feb 18 20:39:00 CET 2004


On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 09:33:12PM -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> what's really nice on the iTuner is that the CF pops in the front. I can 
> convert nodes from Plan 9 to Linux just by swapping CF cards. Really nice.

Looking through my local paper's advertisements, I saw an interesting trend
- the USB flash parts have become as cheap per MB as the Compact Flash
parts.  If this trend continues, replacing IDE with USB in the second stage
could become a popular alternative.

-Kevin

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